News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
16.10.20Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new report…
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Ending Global Hunger Need Not Cost the Earth – If We Invest Now
15.10.20This year should have been a milestone for global climate action, setting out the road…
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International Day of Rural Women 2020
15.10.20How One CGIAR research is supporting rural women during times of crises Welcome to the…
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CGIAR welcomes Nobel recognition of UN World Food Programme
14.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR has joined the global community in congratulating the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP…
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Inside Ethiopia’s agricultural success story
08.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Ethiopia’s rapid economic and agricultural growth over the past two decades i…
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Upcoming events
Now until 22 Nov. 2020
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22.10.20
Virtual Event - The political economy of COVID-19: Impacts on agriculture and food policies
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28.10.20 > 29.10.20
GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World - One Health
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31.10.20 > 04.11.20
ILRI Board of Trustees Meeting
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16.11.20 > 19.11.20
ICRAF-CIFOR 4th Common Board Meeting
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Somalia agriculture partners learn about integrated fall armyworm control practices
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fall armyworm continues to cause havoc in Africa. Farmers in Somalia have not been spared…
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Experts see a bright future for biofortification through improved delivery
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Nutrition
A new paper released at the 2020 World Food Prize today charts important progress in…
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Disinfecting equipment keeps agricultural production running in Bangladesh
20.10.20As with other industries in the country, most light engineering workshops in Bangladesh closed at…
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WUR and CGIAR working together to equip future researchers, managers and leaders to address challenges in multifunctional foodscapes
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The current pandemic is proving the urgent need to find more inclusive, holistic, sustainable and…
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Five lessons on how to encourage open sharing of standardized data for sustainable agricultural growth
20.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Standardized data on agronomic traits - from soil types to weather patterns - can power…
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AgriFoodTrust platform gains momentum in quest for more inclusive, transparent agriculture
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Big data
The AgriFoodTrust platform is gaining traction in its quest to bring inclusive and usable trust an…
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